PUBLIC LIVES
Date: 09 June 2000
By James Barron With Enid Nemy
James With
Peter Jennings, ABC news anchor, complains that television news has a hard time covering a story like Microsoft antitrust case because cameras are not allowed in courtroom and Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson rarely makes public remarks...Eleanor Lambert, fashion doyenne, is honored at luncheon...Wealthy New Yorkers are planning trips to Russia in which cost is no object (M)
Full Article
The Chillingly Fine Line Between Ecstasy and Grief
Date: 09 June 2000
By Sarah Boxer
Sarah Boxer
Sarah Boxer reviews James Nachtwey's photographs of the living and the dead, chronicling atrocities around world; photos; show is at International Center of Photography (M)
Full Article
SECURITY CAPITAL AGREES TO ACQUIRE HEALTH POWER
Date: 10 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Holding company Security Capital Corp agrees to acquire Health Power Inc for about $33.6 million (S)
Full Article
SOUTHERN IS BUYING FOUR PLANTS FROM POTOMAC
Date: 09 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Southern Co, largest electricity producer in the United States, to buy four power plants from Potomac Electric Power Co, for $2.65 billion in cash; plants, three in Maryland and one in Virginia, can produce 5,154 megawatts of electricity (S)
Full Article
PECO ENERGY IS BUYING FOUR CONTRACTORS FOR $95 MILLION
Date: 09 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Peco Energy, owner of Philadelphia's electric utility, buys four closely held power-industry contractors for $95 million in stock and cash. companies, Dashiell Corp, Dacon Corp, Michigan Trenching Service and VSI Group, employ 1,300 people and are expected to have combined revenue of $125 million this year (S)
Full Article
QUALITY DINING AGAIN REJECTS A HOSTILE TAKEOVER BID
Date: 10 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Quality Dining Inc again rejects $54 million hostile takeover bid by investor group NBO LLC (S)
Full Article
NATIONAL CITY SAYS IT SOLD $2 BILLION IN STUDENT LOANS
Date: 09 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
National City Corp, Ohio, says it sold $2 billion in student loans as part of move to protect earnings from rising interest rates; says sale will result in second-quarter pretax gain of $75 million; declines to identify buyers (S)
Full Article
JAPANESE BANK DEAL
Date: 10 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan's Sakura Bank offers to buy controlling stake in minor rival Minato Bank (S)
Full Article
Broadcaster in Deal For 9 TV Stations
Date: 09 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hispanic Television Network Inc. Spanish-language broadcaster, buys nine TV stations, including new flagship station, KLDT, in Texas, and signs up three more affiliates as it expands in important Hispanic markets (S)
Full Article
Michael Dell Sells 1.4 Million of His Shares
Date: 09 June 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Michael Dell, chairman and founder of Dell Computer, sells about 1.4 million shares of stock in the company, raising more than $63 million, filing with SEC (S)
Full Article